Welsh tenor, Huw Ynyr studied at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff where he completed their M.A Opera Performance course.
Operatic roles include Duca Bertrando L’inganno Felice and Chorus (Wexford Festival Opera) First Priest The Prisoner, cover Father Grenville Dead Man Walking (Welsh National Opera), Marco Palmieri The Gondoliers, Title Role Albert Herring, Tamino The Magic Flute, Ramiro La Cenerentola (RWCMD), Ernesto Don Pasquale and Jaquino Fidelio (Opra Cymru). He was also a Young Generation Artist and Ensemble Tenor in L’elisir d’amore for Iford Arts.
He is a popular concert artist and has won many prizes, most recently the Janet Price Opera Prize in 2018.
Only a few months ago we thought Mid Wales Opera was finished. Now, thanks to a funding lifeline from Powys County Council, we are within touching distance of having a sustainable plan to keep on producing live and local opera across Wales for at least three years.